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We've checked our database and believe the answer is REFINES which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: REFINES

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97%7Exact Match!
verb

• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

• make more complex, intricate, or richer

• treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition

• reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities

• attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying

• make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of

96%8Exact Match!
verb

• clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing

• purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins

90%7 Make clear or easier to understand
verb

• make clear and (more) comprehensible

• make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating

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New York Times09 Jan 2011 Across 21
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